Origami stars via Zen Crafting

Make homemade origami stars with the kiddos – I recently posted about some hyper cool eco-friendly origami stars elsewhere, but the downside was the price tag. With this tutorial you can make your own for much less. You could even switch out the paper for a recycled brand.

eco umbrellas – green and fashionable – actually, I didn’t think an eco-umbrella was possible because of all the materials. However, it is, and if you live in a rainy area or ever come visit Oregon, I’d bring one. If you move to Oregon don’t bring one though – umbrellas pretty much divide the natives from the tourists here.

How to deal when your teenager says, “Mom, I want to be a vegetarian!“

A “Green” & Natural Method for Cleaning Stainless Steel

Which is a better eco-choice; organic foods or local foods? This article looks at your options.

It’s a newish green magazine for the whole family! Check out Kiwi for tips on green living, healthy lifestyles, and news especially for parents and kids.

What cool green news have you been reading lately?

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The site, Do You Digg It, wrote a really kind review about Tree Hugging Family; a review that we hope our regulars agree with. Many thanks to this site for their nice words.

If you visit Do You Digg It, you can browse plenty of other blogs and read reviews. Sadly, we’re the only blog in the Environment category, although this site is new, so maybe soon the Environment section will fill in some. Other categories include things like Health, Technology, Outdoors, Blogging, and many more.

The only downside I see to this site is that there’s no way to search by review, such as, you can’t look at all the blogs that got a good review vs. a bad; or maybe this site just diggs on all blogs – I can’t tell because there’s no ‘About page’ – still, this site is worth a look. Even if you don’t agree with the reviews, you may find info on a blog you’d like to read.

Check them out.

Click here to learn about all the current contests, themes, and green challenges going on at Tree Hugging Family in June 2008

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• The most sustainable restaurant in America. And it’s family friendly LEED certified and pizza.

• Type 2 Diabetes May Be Linked to Pesticide Exposure – I wouldn’t get too jumpy though, it’s a new study.

• Ha. Too funny -13 ways to spot an eco-poser.

• The dangerous side of eco-lighting.  Very interesting video.

• Groovy solutions for urban commuters

• The Forest Service is kicking off a national “Get Outdoors” campaign. This campaign is meant, “To encourage children and their parents to take advantage of recreational opportunities on national forests to develop a healthier lifestyle and learn about conserving natural resources.”

• Lawmakers to consider proposals to reduce home heating costs. It’s about time – green incentives too.

• Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children’s Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides

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Frequent visitor and fellow green blogger Peggy from Light Green Stairs has an interesting read about something that you may not have considered when it comes to recycling.

Long-time favorite EcoStreet has 5 of the best green and ethical social networking sites — perfect for getting your social green groove on.

The Environmental News Network has the lowdown on new resources for carbon neutral shipping — with the holidays coming you can’t afford to miss it.

Resource Shelf is reporting on everything you need to navigate the new MSN Green Channel .

The next few links are all from the same place — but I can’t keep up. I think Deb at Simply Thrifty is trying to out-green me. That’s cool though; the more green the better. Some fine reads from her include:

• 33 Things You Can Recycle
• How to install a rain barrel
• And a post that everyone in the country should read right this second: What People Spend on Food. This post may seem more thrift minded than green minded but it’s super eco-important. Follow the links in Deb’s post to learn more. You will be astounded. Remember the first green step is use less and waste less.
  

By the way; you can actually get your very own lovey green heart dish like the one pictured above (or other cool pieces) from Firework Studio.

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